Bunhill: If the glass slipper fits. . .
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Your support makes all the difference.EAT YOUR HEART OUT, Dame Edna - you've been outdone in sheer extravagance. Or was it you who gave the film-makers the idea in the first place? The film is The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, about two drag artists and a transvestite camping their way through the Outback. It already shows signs of becoming the cult hit of the year, having even wowed the super-sophisticated audiences at the Cannes Film Festival.
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